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O NEWSLETTER Keith Warman’s maps are hung out to dry on returning home after the Hadrian Hvndred in May – see inside for stories and photos of Kent LDWA members’ exploits on this year’s 100-miler, generally reckoned to be one of the toughest ever. These photos were taken on Peter Jull’s series of linear Timeball & Telegraph Trail walks he put on between February and April – report inside. 2 KENT LDWA SOCIAL WALKS AUGUST-DECEMBER Please check Kent group website for any late changes to the details below Sun Aug 4 Cream Tea Walk 20ml. 09.00 Boughton Malherbe Church. Park in field opposite. (GR TQ882495). C: Neal O’Rourke Sun Aug 11 White Cliffs Challenge Marshals' Walk 32ml. 08.30 From St Margaret's Village c.p. (GR TR359447). For further details contact Graham. C: Graham Smith Sun Aug 18 Alliteration E - Easts Farleigh and Sutton 20ml. 09:05 East Farleigh railway station. (GR TQ734536). Pub lunch. C: Peter Jull Fri Aug 23 Fish and Chip Walk 10.25ml. 17.00 Walmer railway station. (GR TR363503). LINEAR - Walk to Dover via the White Cliffs. Fish and chips in Dover and return (at your own expense) by train or bus. Part of the White Cliffs Walking Festival. C: Graham Smith Sat Aug 24 White Cliffs Challenge See Events Diary. Mon Aug 26 Three Pits Walk (part of White Cliffs Walking Festival) c18ml. 09.30 Meet at Northbourne Village Hall. (GR TR334523). Maps: Exp 138, 150. A walk visiting the former Kent mines of Betteshanger, Tilmanstone and Snowdown. Pub lunch stop. C: Graham Smith Sun Sep 8 A Foot in Four Counties 21ml. 09.00 Cowden Station. (GR TQ476417). Circular walk, visiting the counties of Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex and Surrey. Lunch stop at Ashurst Wood. Sandwiches and snacks available in the pub, but no cooked food. C: David Thornton Thu Sep 12 Cinque Ports 100 Revisited: Walk 1 - Hastings – Rye 12.2ml. 10.10 Hastings Railway Station. (GR TQ815096). Linear (train to Hastings, train back from Rye: train leaves Ashford 9.24am, arrives Hastings 10.06). C: Graham Smith Sun Sep 22 Alliteration G - Goodnestone x2 23ml. 09.00 Faversham Recreation Ground. (GR TR018610). Linear finishing at Adisham station. C: Peter Jull Sun Sep 29 Alliteration F Frogham & Frogholt 24 ml 09:00 Reinden Wood car park off A260. (GR TR213408). Pub lunch. C: Peter Jull Sun Oct 6 Autumnal Amble 21ml. 09.00 Cranbrook c.p. (GR TQ777359). Lunch Stop Scotney Castle. C: Neal O’Rourke Sun Oct 13 Toys Are Us 20ml. 09:00 Toys Hill c.p. (GR TQ469517). Paths N and S of Greensand Ridge. Pub stop Crockham Hill. C: David Thornton, Thu Oct 17 Cinque Ports 100 Revisited: Walk 2 - Rye-Appledore 20.5ml. 09.50 Meet Rye Railway Station. (GR TQ919205). Linear (train to Rye, train back from Appledore: train leaves Ashford 9.24am, ar- rives Rye 9.45am, return train leaves Appledore 5.37pm, arrives Ashford 5.50pm). C: Graham Smith Sun Nov 3 Loop the Loop 17ml. 09.00 Newington village hall. CT18 8AU. (GR TR184376). Lunch at Lyminge. C: Eve Richards Thu Nov 7 Cinque Ports 100 Revisited: Walk 3 - Appledore-Dymchurch 17.7ml. 09.20 Meet Dymchurch Village Hall. (GR TR102294). Linear (bus from Dymchurch to Appledore, leaving Dymchurch 9.32am, arrives Appledore 10.27am). C: Graham Smith Sun Nov 24 HHH 2.5 & 3 18ml. 09.00 Kearsney Abbey. (GR TR285436). Pub stop. C: Peter Jull Sun Dec 1 The Leybourne Chase 20ml. 09.00 Meet on Oxley Shaw Lane alongside Leybourne School. (GR TQ691590). Circular route around the footpaths of Leybourne, West Malling, Addington & Birling. Pub lunch in Addington. C: David Thornton, Thu Dec 5 Cinque Ports 100 Revisited: Walk 4 - Dymchurch-Folkestone 14.8ml. 09.35 Meet Folkestone Bus Station, Bouverie Square. (GR TR226359). (park in Castle Hill Avenue, Bouverie Road West, Jointon Road or Earls Avenue – leave time to walk to bus station). Linear - bus leaves Folkestone Bus Station 9.53am, arrives Dymchurch 10.32am. C: Graham Smith Sun Dec 8 Family Christmas Dinner Family Christmas Dinner at London Beach Country Hotel, near Tenterden, preceded by a seven mile walk led by Neal O’Rourke. Sat Dec 14 Christmas Cruise around Calais c14ml. 07.20 By P&O Desk, Dover Eastern Docks for 8.25am sailing. Allow plenty of time to find a parking space. (GR TR331417). A circular walk in the Nord Pas de Calais visiting Cap Blanc Nez, with time for some Christmas shopping in the Auchan hypermarket. Return 9pm local time (approx.) - 8pm British time. Ring P&O reservations 08716 646464 for foot passenger day return. Don’t forget your passport! Please ring Graham for confirmation of times. C: Graham Smith Fri Dec 27 Post Christmas Sevenoaks Stroll c17ml. 09.00 Meet at Shipbourne. (GR TQ592522). Starting in road opposite church, parking in layby. Pub stop in Sevenoaks. Map: Exp 147. C: Dave Sheldrake 3 KENT GROUP COMMITTEE Chairman/newsletter editor – Graham Smith, Secretary – Stephanie Le Men, Treasurer/walks secretary – Peter Jull, Membership/data protection secretary – Neil Higham, Life President – Brian Buttifant, Members Don Arthurs, Joy Davies, Nick Dockree, Helen Franklin, David Thornton Sarah Turner while not on the Kent committee, is group equipment officer. Michael Headley maintains our excellent website. Group gatherings are held on the first Monday in each month (except if a Bank Holiday when postponed to the second Monday) at the Rose & Crown, Wrotham, GR TQ612592. FAMILY CHRISTMAS DINNER This year’s Family Christmas Dinner will be on Sunday December 8 and will return to London Beach Country Hotel, just outside Tenterden. Kent LDWA members will recall we returned there last year after going to Chart Hills Golf Club, near Biddenden, for four years. Prices are £22.50 for two courses or £28.50 for three courses. If anyone wishes to pre-order a tea or coffee after the meal, this will cost £1.95 each and will need to added to their form at the extra cost (otherwise it will cost more if ordered after the meal). Jan and Neal O’Rourke are making arrangements, with Neal again leading a seven-mile walk before the dinner. The walk will start at 9.30am, with lunch served at 1.30pm. A booking form is included with this newsletter, so please fill it in and return it to Jan, with your cheque, made out to LDWA Kent Group, by November 9. NEWS OF KENT CHALLENGE WALKS Sevenoaks Circular Next year’s Sevenoaks Circular will be held on Sunday March 22. Originally the event was planned for Sunday March 15, but we later learned that this date coincides with the dates for the LDWA’s national AGM – being held at Easingwold in North Yorkshire between August 13-15 – so we have been able to change it. The venue will again be at West Heath School, and will follow the same 30, 20 and 15 mile routes as it did this year. More details, including the date of the marshals’ walk, in the next newsletter. WEALD WALK This year’s Weald challenge walk, the Andredsweald Circuit on Sunday July 14, based at Forest Row, was being held as Bryan Clarke and I were putting together this newsletter. A report and photos will appear in the next newsletter. Next year’s Weald walk will be the Heart of the Weald, which will be based at Wadhurst. Last time we put on the Heart of the Weald, in 2017, we offered distances of 10, 15, 20 and 26 miles. More details will be in the next newsletter. WHITE CLIFFS CHALLENGE This year’s WCC, on Saturday August 24, is almost upon us, and is part of the White Cliffs Walking Festival (taking place between August 22-28 – see item below) as usual. The event is based at St Margaret’s Village Hall, and there will be two routes – of 32 miles and 18 miles. The routes will be almost the same as they were two years ago, but with some minor amendments. For example, there will still be THAT climb up from The Warren at Folkestone (no, not the one used on the Cinque Ports 100 last year – the WCC one is even steeper, but there will be a drinks stop at the top, which Dale Moorhouse has kindly agreed to pro- vide). The marshals’ walk is on Sunday August 11. Marshals’ will be needed for the event, so if you can help, please contact Gra- ham Smith (contact details above) as soon as possible. KSS (KENT SURREY SUSSEX) TRIPLE CHALLENGE This year’s Sussex Stride, part of the KSS Triple Challenge of 50-mile events, will be held over the weekend of September 21-22, based as usual at Longhill, near Brighton. The other KSS events are, of course, our own White Cliffs Challenge (the 50-mile version of which was held last year) and the Surrey Tops, which takes place next year. Kent Group is organizing a checkpoint on the Sussex Stride, at our usual venue of East Dean (some 29 miles into the route). The marshals’ walk will be held over the weekend of August 31-September 1. We are going to need marshals to help at our check- point, and so if you are interested and would still like to do the walk, please give some thought to entering the marshals’ walk. Any volunteers are asked to contact Graham Smith (details above). NEW LDWA LOGO DESIGNED BY KENT WOMAN As you may have read in Strider, the LDWA has a new logo – and it has been designed by a woman from our county! The logo, showing a walker using a walking pole, was designed by LDWA member Rachel Cornish, from Canterbury, and fol- lows a vote by members.